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My CZ 557 Synthetic S in 8x57
- Thread starter The Kurgan
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The 8X57 is a great hunting cartridge, I am shooting the case in .257 Roberts, 7X57 and 7.62X57. For me though, a rifle with blued steel, in a classic cartridge should be house in a nice walnut stock... the synthetic might be functional but just looks and feels incongruous with the rest of the rifle. Are the 557 rifles CRF or did they change the design to a push feed after the 550?
dgradinaru
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Kurgan did you take the walnut off of your 8x57 and replace it with synthetic?
Hoytcanon- the 557's are push feed actions.
Hoytcanon- the 557's are push feed actions.
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This model is pushfeed. The new 600, which I also purchased in 8x57, is CRF.
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Yes, bought a CZ factory stock from Wolverine given that supplies will run dry shortly and I wanted to "save" my walnut stock. I might buy another synthetic for my other Lux in 243 as they are excellent!
Here's it's 30-06 sister. Great rifles... hard to beat that price.
Now that I know how good the synthetic stocks are, I should have just purchased this rifle.
https://www.gotenda.com/product/cz-557-synthetic-30-06-sprg-bolt-action-rifle-51/
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Agreed, there's a symmetry with blued steel and walnut. I have the lovely walnut stock tucked away for nicer days.
BigUglyMan
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Man, I hate the lines of that stock. I also hate that you have no snow.
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Lol... Very strange winter here in S. Ontario. No snow and mostly above zero.
I bought 5 CZ rifles in 6 months none of 600 series are really appealing to me, maybe Trail as a compact plinker.. But I don't think there will be other rifles made of wood and steel, with iron sights and box mags available after these old school CZ are gone
none of 600 series are really appealing to me, maybe Trail as a compact plinker.. But I don't think there will be other rifles made of wood and steel, with iron sights and box mags available after these old school CZ are gone
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Hey, I love them! I bought 5 in the last 6 months, and 6 in total this past year! Plus, I owned several old school Brno 21's !
still scraping pennies for my 600
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I'll be scraping pennies as well due to my obsessive spending spree these past few months, but I didn't want to miss out on the last of the blued/wood CZ's (even though I like their synthetics as well ). The 600 will be a great platform for sure, just different.
). The 600 will be a great platform for sure, just different.
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No, the Eclipse is a bit different. The Eclipse has a plastic trigger guard and floorplate (vs. aluminum alloy and steel), and a few other cost saving tweaks like a dull black trigger (vs. polished), etc.
Agreed, there's a symmetry with blued steel and walnut. I have the lovely walnut stock tucked away for nicer days.
I have done the same with rifles in the past that had particularly nice walnut... it would have killed me to take a spill and gouge the stock.
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The 8mm/30-06 Lux model is 3.3 kg
The 30-06 Synthetic S model is 3.2 kg
The 243/308 Lux SA model is 3.1 kg
Therefore, she is gaining 0.1 kg.
Hang on to that synthetic stock. Most factory synthetic stocks are nowhere near as rigid.
The 30-06 Synthetic S model is 3.2 kg
The 243/308 Lux SA model is 3.1 kg
Therefore, she is gaining 0.1 kg.
Hang on to that synthetic stock. Most factory synthetic stocks are nowhere near as rigid.
ah ah i was thinking the same on both ... in the same time we should forgive him he put back alive some beautiful stock on another thread.
